Dissertation Proposals and Defenses

UPCOMING DEFENSE:

Edwige Cheynel, Financial Economics
Monday, November 23, 2009
9:00 am
388 Posner Hall
Abstract:  "A Theory of Voluntary Disclosure and Cost of Capital"
Dissertation:  "A Theory of Voluntary Disclosure and Cost of Capital"

RECENT DEFENSE:

António Barbosa, Financial Economics
Abstract:  "Incorporation of Information in Asset Prices:  Dynamic Trading and Manipulation"
Dissertation:  "Incorporation of Information in Asset Prices:  Dynamic Trading and Manipulation"

RECENT PROPOSALS:

Bryon Balint, Information Systems
Abstract:  "Field Studies in Offshoring and Process Standardization"

António Barbosa, Financial Economics
Abstract:  "Incorporation of Information in Asset Prices: Dynamic Trading and Manipulation"

Julia Bear, Organizational Behavior and Theory
Abstract:
"How Do People Respond to Negotiation Attempts from Others?: The Effects of Gender and Context on Avoidance"

Carl Brousseau, Accounting
Abstract:  "Essays on Financial Reporting Quality"

Edwige Cheynel, Financial Economics
Abstract:  "Three Essays on Disclosure and Its Impacts on Profits of Insiders and Outsiders of a Firm"

Paul Enders, Operations Management & Manufacturing
Abstract:  "Getting Your Priorities Right in a Stochastic Environment"

Judy Geyer, Economics
Abstract:  "The Residential Sorting of Low-Income Households"
 
Samid Hoda, Algorithms, Combinatorics & Optimization
Abstract:  "Essays on Equilibrium Computation, Constraint-based Scheduling and 0-1 Programming"

Bao-Jun Jiang, Information Systems
Abstract:  "Economics of Innovations in Software Licensing:  Usage-Based, Ad-Supported, and Software as a Service"

Ari Kang, Economics
Abstract:  "Essays on the Labor Market and the Family"

Viswanath Nagarajan, Algorithms, Combinatorics and Optimization
Abstract:  "Approximation Algorithms for Vehicle Routing and Scheduling"

Benjamin K. Peterson, Algorithms, Combinatorics & Optimization
Abstract:  "Transportation Scheduling Methods"

Hong Qu, Accounting
Abstract:  "The Impact of Communication and Transparency on Coordination in Crises"

Joseph Radzevick, Organizational Behavior & Theory
Abstract:  "The Market for Overconfidence"

Gergana Todorova, Organizational Behavior and Theory
Abstract:  "An Idea Processing Perspective on Innovation in Functionally Diverse Teams: Studies of Cross-Functional Idea Sharing and Integration"

John Turner, Operations Research
Abstract:  "Ad Slotting and Pricing:  New Media Planning Models for New Media"